2018 will mark the 50th anniversary of the University of Hawaiʻiat Mānoa (UH-M) Library's Pacific Collection. We invite you to join with us and other Pacific librarians and scholars to reflect on the legacy left us by our librarian ancestors and consider what legacy we hope to build for the generations of librarians that will follow.

Call for papers

In this panel we will discuss the legendary people who built the foundations of librarianship in our region. Who are the people who created your library and/or shaped librarianship on your island? What legacies did you inherit from them? How do you maintain or honor the work of librarians who came before? How does your library space reflect those legacies?

Panel 2: Collection Development and Management

This panel is an opportunity to share our present challenges, creative solutions, and triumphs related to collection development and/or management. What are the external pressures that are driving change in how you develop and manage your collections, and what are you doing to address these pressures? Are you building new spaces (either physical or digital), or are you changing the way you use old spaces? Are you collecting and managing new types of material? Are you describing and organizing materials in a new way?

Panel 3: Librarianship in Cultural Context

The purpose of this panel is to explore the diverse ways in which librarianship and the cultures of Oceania intersect and influence each other. How does your island or your culture define the purpose of libraries? Does your cultural context impact the way in which your library is used? How does your cultural context shape or define your job as a librarian? How does culture influence the way you promote your collections or interact with patrons?

Panel 4: Ethics in Librarianship

In this panel we focus on the sticky ethical situations that can happen in the library. Is there a certain type of material in your collection that creates an ethical issue? Do you have to define access rules depending on the type of material, or the identity of the patron? Do you have the authority to define the solution, or do you have to collaborate with another institution or group? How does your position as a librarian shape your sense of responsibility in these situations?